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package org.openbravo.base.filter;

/**
 * Defines the interface to a request filter, which is a class used to filter an input value against
 * some definition of allowed values.
 * 
 * @author huehner
 * 
 */
public interface RequestFilter {

  /**
   * Function to check, if an input value is accepted by a filter.
   * 
   * @param value
   *          input value which should be checked
   * @return true, if the filter does accept the value
   */
  public boolean accept(String value);

}
